Lanai

See also: lanai, lānai, and Lānaʻi

English

Alternative forms

• Lana'i

Etymology

From Hawaiian Lānaʻi, probably from lā (“day”) + naʻi (“conquest”), usually taken to reference an occasion when the wayward Mauian prince Kauluāʻau supposedly brought order to the island by expelling its ghosts and demons.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ləˈnaɪ/

Proper noun

Lanai

1. The sixth largest island of Hawaii, mostly privately owned.

Synonyms

• Pineapple Island

Derived terms

• Lanaian

Translations

island in Hawaii

• Hawaiian: Lānaʻi
• Thai: ลาไน

Anagrams

• Al Ain, Alani, Alina, IANAL, Liana, liana